Report Showcases Clean Energy Solutions from Small- and Medium-Sized Cities

A new report from the nonprofit organization Climate Solutions presents the early results of a range of small- and medium-sized cities that are testing and refining strategies for clean energy and energy efficiency. The report, entitled Powering the New Energy Future from the Ground Up, describes innovative financial mechanisms, pilot projects, and clean energy marketing strategies that can serve as models for other communities around the United States.

Many of the communities profiled in the report used federal grants to jumpstart their clean energy initiatives. Among them are 14 recipients of EPA’s Climate Showcase Communities grants:

• Aiken, South Carolina
• Bellingham, Washington
• Columbia, Missouri
• Corvallis, Oregon
• Dubuque, Iowa
• El Cerrito, Albany, Piedmont, and San Pablo, California
• Eugene, Oregon
• Greenfield, Massachusetts
• Hailey, Idaho
• Keene, New Hampshire
• Little Rock, Arkansas
• Madison, Wisconsin
• Salt Lake City, Utah
• West Union, Iowa

(The links above go to profiles of each community’s Climate Showcase Communities project.)

The report is available online from Climate Solutions’ New Energy Cities project website, along with a press release and a recorded telebriefing explaining the report’s findings.